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Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue readingNov4Fri202220:00 Public Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentrePublic Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentreNov 4 @ 20:00 – 21:30Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue readingFeb3Fri202320:00 Public Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentrePublic Stargazing in Dalby Fores... @ Low Dalby Astronomy CentreFeb 3 @ 20:00 – 21:30Our regular public stargazing at the Low Dalby Astronomy Centre in Dalby Forest held during the autumn and winter months. Come and see the stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies under one of the darkest skies in the country. The … Continue reading Ephemeris
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Seamer and Irton Guides Start Out on Space “Go For It”
Andy Exton FRAS visited the Girl Guides at Seamer and Irton on Monday 29th April to give them a talk on the Solar System and beyond. The Guides are starting out working on the Space “Go For It” in the … Continue reading
Posted in News, Public Outreach, Scouts / Guides
Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Asteroids, Comets, Galaxies, Guides, Nebulae, Planets, Satellites, Star Clusters, stars, Sun
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SARAS Forum Maintenance
The SARAS forums accessible via the website will be undergoing some plugin upgrades later for users with smartphone access so they may be unavailable for a short while. Plugins currently included are for the Forum Runner and Tapatalk smartphone apps. … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, Forum Runner, Forums, phpBB, smartphone, Tapatalk, Website
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Partial Lunar Eclipse – 25th April
Thursday 25th April 2013 sees a partial lunar eclipse and when I say partial, it is very partial! The Moon with rise in the southeast and the maximum of the eclipse occurs when the Moon has an altitude of only … Continue reading
Society for the History of Astronomy Spring Conference 2013 – York 20th April
The Society for the History of Astronomy (SHA) held their Spring Conference in York this past Saturday (20th April) at the Quaker Meeting House on Friargate. Society secretary Andy Exton attended the conference as a visitor along with visitors from … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Exton FRAS, Prof. Sir Arnold Wolfendale, SHA, Skynotes, Society for the History of Astronomy, York
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Change of Speaker for April 19th Meeting
Unfortunately due to illness, Dr Janet Humphreys has pulled out as guest speaker for the society meeting this evening. However, society member Bob Christy FBIS who runs the Zarya.info website has kindly volunteered to step in and give a talk … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Guest Speakers, Meetings, News
Tagged Bion-M, Bob Christy, Dr Janet Humphreys, Guest Speaker, Korolyov, Luna, Sputnik, Vostock, Zarya, Zenit
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Comet C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs) crosses Cassiopeia
Comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-Starrs) continues its journey in the northern hemisphere skies. Over the next couple of weeks, the comet passes through the constellation of Cassiopeia and crosses the easily recognisable asterism of stars that form the ‘W’ on April … Continue reading
Dr Janet Humphreys visits the society on April 19th to talk cosmic recycling.
Dr Janet Humphreys, formerly of the School of Earth and Environment at University of Leeds and current Open University S283 (Planetary Science & the Search for Life) tutor, will be visiting the society on Friday April 19th as guest speaker … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayton Village Hall, Big Bang, Cosmic Recycling, Dr Janet Humphreys, Guest Speaker, Solar System, stars
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